U.K. COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten As Europe Sees Spike In Cases As coronavirus infections spike in Europe, the U.K., which has the highest death toll among European countries, is imposing new restrictions in an effort to avoid a nationwide lockdown. Frank Langfitt
Outbreak Voices: A Hawaiian Man's Journey From DJ To Farmer Thomas Kahikina Ching of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, lost his jobs because of the pandemic and decided to grow his own food. He explains how he went from DJ and tour guide to backyard farmer.
My Breast Cancer Diagnosis Came In The Pandemic. I Wanted More Than A 'Virtual Hug' The diagnosis — delivered at a distance of 6 feet in the doctor's office — was a shock. It brought back memories of my work in the Ebola ward. Then as now, an intimate touch was a rare thing. Karin Huster
Trump Announces Partnership With CVS, Walgreens For Nursing Home COVID Vaccination The federal government is offering nursing homes the chance to opt in to the new program, in which pharmacy staff would deliver and administer a future vaccine on site. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Targeting Grandparents, Trump Tries Out New Compassionate COVID-19 Message As the campaign heads into the homestretch, Trump is testing out a new coronavirus message aimed at seniors, a key voting bloc that has given him poor marks on his handling of the pandemic. Franco Ordoñez
Pandemic parenting. It gets better? A tool kit ‘Kids need to feel safe, they need to feel secure, they need to be seen, and they need to be soothed. Talk to them about what make them feel safer, or what makes them feel soothed.’ John O'Brien
Doctor On Wisconsin Hospital Preparation Amid Coronavirus Surge NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control and protection at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, about a spike in coronavirus cases in Wisconsin.
Another covid concern: getting infected a second time About 100 people in Washington State who got infected with coronavirus once and recovered, could be infected a second time. Here’s what we know and don’t know about Covid reinfections. Ruby de Luna
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Won't Be Ready By Election Day Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a public statement Friday that the company won't have data showing that the vaccine is safe before the third week of November at the earliest. Richard Harris
How Bad Will Coronavirus Be This Winter? Model Projects 170,000 More U.S. Deaths Cases are surging in many places around the country. As we head into winter here's what public health forecasters think we can expect. Will Stone
